JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

JavaScript

var tmp = '31 Chicken 2013 "Chi cken" 12.345 ****'.split(' ');
var output = [];
for (i = 0; i < tmp.length; i++) {
  if (i == 0) continue;
  else if (tmp[i] === "****") {
  	output.push("null");
    continue;
  }
  else if (tmp[i].startsWith('"')) {
  	output.push(tmp[i] + ' ' + tmp[i + 1]);
    i++;
    continue;
	}
  else {
  	output.push(tmp[i]);
  }
  
}

console.log(output);